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Stanley Pranin’s “Zone Theory of Aikido”

25 Online lessons to challenge your thinking on the fundamentals of aikido!

Hi, I’m Stanley Pranin here to tell you about my new online video course, the “Zone Theory of Aikido”. You know I’ve been involved in Aikido for more than 50 years. To tell the truth, Aikido has been my life. I can’t think of a better discipline to train well-rounded, fit people with excellent self-defense skills.

That being said, I believe we still have a long way to go to develop more refined teaching methodologies to accelerate students’ advancement in the art. What do I mean? Well, I travel frequently in Aikido circles and train with practitioners of many different styles. I’ve found similar training patterns regardless of the approach to Aikido. I consider one of the biggest hurdles to improving one’s skills is the almost universal tendency to resort to physical strength in attempting to make techniques work.

When aikido practitioners get stuck, they tense up and try to force their way through the technique. I see this everywhere I go. For many years, I experienced the same thing in my own training. Only recently, have I been able to discover ways of using the body as a unified structure when applying techniques. What a difference this has made!

This has been a liberating discovery that has allowed me to totally rethink my way of approaching the execution of techniques. My techniques work now, consistently, even against training partners of superior strength. This has never happened before!

In the “Zone Theory of Aikido” video course consisting of 25 lessons, I’m going to walk you through this innovative approach to doing aikido. I will show you ways of using your body more efficiently. I will explain the importance of positioning, balance-breaking… how to use atemi, kiai, and O-Sensei’s hitoemi stance to give you a tremendous advantage in practice. I look forward to sharing this whole new world of training principles and strategies with you.

Readers will be able to access the 25 lessons of the “Zone Theory of Aikido” online and also download their computing device. This offer is available for the special price of $47.

Morihiro Saito and Hitohiro Saito instruct in the old Iwama Dojo in the late 1990s

This is a rare video taken inside the old Iwama Dojo in which Morihiro Saito Sensei and his son Hitohiro Saito Sensei are seen instructing class. The training is martial in nature and many foreign students are participating in the training. Those not familiar with the atmosphere of the dojo during Morihiro Saito Sensei’s lifetime will get a good glimpse of the mood inside during a training session.

This is a rare video taken inside the old Iwama Dojo in which Morihiro Saito Sensei and his son Hitohiro Saito Sensei are seen instructing class. The training is martial in nature and many foreign students are participating in the training. Those not familiar with the atmosphere of the dojo during Morihiro Saito Sensei’s lifetime will get a good glimpse of the mood inside during a training session.